$________ VERDICT ON COUNTERCLAIM – DEFAMATION – ________ BROUGHT SUIT FOR ________ PUBLISHING OF OPEN LETTER TO HOMETOWN RESIDENTS ASSERTING THAT THE ________ WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL CORRUPTION, FRAUD, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, AND ETHICAL VIOLATIONS OF WHICH THE ________ HAD ACCUSED HIM – ________ COUNTERCLAIMED, ALLEGING THAT THE ________ ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM.